Young-Kee Kim
Young-Kee Kim | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 25, 1962 |
| Alma mater | Ph.D. University of Rochester Korea University |
| Known for | President of the American Physical Society (2024) Co-Spokesperson of the CDF Experiment (2004-2006) Deputy Director of Fermilab (2006-2013) Chair of Physics Department at U.Chicago (2016-2022) |
| Awards | Member, National Academy of Sciences (2022) Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017) Ho-Am Prize in Science (2005) APS Fellow (2004) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle physics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago, Physics, Professor |
| Doctoral advisor | Stephen Olsen |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김영기 |
| RR | Gim Yeonggi |
| MR | Kim Yŏnggi |
| Website | http://hep.uchicago.edu/~ykkim/index.shtml |
Young-Kee Kim (born November 25, 1962) is an American physicist and the Albert Michelson Distinguished Service Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago and the Director Emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). Previously, she served as President of the American Physical Society. Her current work is focused on understanding the origin of mass for fundamental particles (the Higgs mechanism).